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| ...this sign speaks for itself. #noonewaitsforthelights #ifyoudonttouchthebumperyouwerentcloseenough |
Feels like we were just emailing but a lot has
happened this week! First of all, we had transfers! We now live in Bensonhurst. It's a very nice and big apartment about eight minutes walking (at our fast pace) from the church. (We've got a nice little video tour of it for ya also assuming it can send...😁) Hopefully it'll serve us well. :) Moving in though, now there was a crazy time. We received a call from the assistants Sunday telling us we'd be going to transfers to switch keys but that we could leave our luggage at our apartment. So off to transfers we went! There were no train problems this time so we got there early enough to go to the new Chick-fil-a for lunch and even to do our drivers' tests
We got to see a lot of people when we were there, really we got to see almost everyone! It was cool. I also saw Sister Bugingo because her companion was being transferred. We were able to step aside and talk for about ten minutes and it was really good. She's doing great.
Anyway, the fun part of moving. We would have had to take three or four trips on the bus for a half hour if we moved by ourselves. But. This lady, Nancy, she is a china angel. She offered to drive us. She was literally a miracle. It took us less than an hour to transport all our stuff so then we began to move the sister training leaders' stuff (they were in mission leadership council). It took us three trips for all their stuff. She was a huge lifesaver. Such a blessing for us.
We woke up Wednesday and were both feeling like we were just there (in our new apartment) for a few days as like a little vacation or something haha. We tried to make it a little more "ours" by finishing unpacking and cleaning it up a little bit. Now we feel pretty at home though! We also had our first district meeting Wednesday! It was awesome! Elder Weisler did great. The two elders who got added to our district are Elder Pavón and Elder Oaks. They both leave the end of this transfer and the next, respectively.
We also did some killer seed-planting Thursday. (We had bumped weekly planning to Friday cause we had lessons set during that time Thursday so we got more time to find!) We were doing a lookup and ended up with two new potentials who we taught on the spot and will hopefully be seeing this week! Both ladies were super cool and will hopefully choose to continue learning about the gospel.
There was also this guy who was asking for money when we were talking to this lady and her daughter. We had just shared names with each other so as he came over Hermana Voss goes, "Hi! What's your name?" He was so confused. He goes, "uh, my name? No, I'm--" she cuts in, "Do you want a cookie?" He turned it down and continues to look at all of us for something. He wouldn't leave the lady we'd been talking with alone so I grabbed a Mormon.org card and held it out. He looked at it and said, "No, no I'm asking for money" (I mean he said it in Spanish but...) and I just held it out and said, "No, you want this! This is better than money; This is salvation!" Needless to say he left fairly
soon after that haha!
Oh! Also on Thursday we saw a guy wearing a Book of Mormon the musical shirt! First one I've seen. We gave him a card and invited him to check out the book if he liked the movie so much haha (we really gotta get ahold of some English Book of Mormons! ...or is it "BOOKS of Mormon, okay?" 😜)
Friday we had the most awesome lesson. This lady's name literally means "miracles" and she is one! We found her a couple weeks ago and finally got to meet. Probably the best first lesson I have ever had. She has been so prepared it's amazing. I love being able to see the Spirit testify to people and see them just get it. It's such a blessing to be able to see that desire work in others and see what is possible when we experiment on the word and act according to our faith. This lesson was a major contrast to the lesson we had last night where we ended up dropping the BoM on them. We could see the Spirit testifying of the truth to them, but they were choosing to be stubborn and hard-headed. They were denying the witness we knew they were receiving. Finally, we shared 2 Nephi 29. That was fun. :) We ended in good spirits and they know we are only there because we love them.
Hopefully next time we visit them they will have softer hearts. But all things in the Lord's timing. We will see when that is.
Closing off the week with a bang, we had some great seed-planting and potential-making on Sunday as well as General Women's Meeting Saturday! Holy cow that was amazing. Beforehand there was a stake dinner and an opportunity to meet all these different women in the stake and share stories and such. It was great to visit with them all and feel of their spirits. But the session though. Wow. It was amazing. I learned so much and felt the Spirit so strongly. I was thinking back to where I was exactly one year ago from that moment. Sitting in an auditorium at BYU watching the session before returning home and having one of the most spiritual personal experiences of my life. I changed so much that night one year ago and looking back at everything I can see how that was just the beginning. That night my heart was softened. Now I can see so clearly and I know what the Light of Christ can do in our lives and am seeking every day to share that joy and light with everyone that'll listen. :)
This life can be pretty crazy and at times dark and lonely, but I know through the gospel of Jesus Christ, through His infinite and perfect Atonement, we do not ever have to walk in darkness or be alone. I think Elder Holland states it best: "Because Jesus walked such a long, lonely path utterly alone, we do not have to do so. ...Trumpeted from the summit of Calvary is the truth that we will never be left alone nor unaided, even if sometimes we may feel that we are. Truly the Redeemer of us all said: 'I will not leave you comfortless: [My Father and] I will come to you [and abide with you].'" Love you, have a great week :)
Tanto amor,
Hermana Karra Gourley
Forgot about Monday haha until I looked at the pictures I needed to send you!
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| We went to the bridge! It was raining Monday #welooklikesunshineonrainydays |
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| We went to DSW...we tried on heels...it was a good time :) |
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| We got gelato! #totallyworthit |
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| Stopped by shake shack to get lemonade...gave it to us for free. Said it was "on the house." We were very confused haha! |
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| We took this subway that was behind us and it was suuuuuper old so we took a quick selfie after we got out |
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| Dinner with Hermana Palomino! Her food is so good. #toomuchofagoodthing #empanadas |
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